I Shot The Sheriff

i shot the sheriff

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i shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

i shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

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(1) all around in my hometown trying to track me down

(2) sheriff john brown always hated me for what i dont no

(3) freedom came my way one day so i started out of town

(4) reflexes got the better of me what will be will be

they say they want to bring me in guilty killing of a deputy

and every time that i plant a seed he said kill it before it grows

all of a sudden i see sheriff john brown aimin to shoot me down

everyday the bucket goes to the well one day the bottom will drop out

for the life of a deputy but i say

kill it before it grows

so i shot so i shot him down

i say one day the bottom will drop out